Vernonia melleri Oliv. & Hiern

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Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique

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Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Linzia melleri (Oliv. & Hiern) H. Rob. Vernonia melleri Oliv. & Hiern var. superba (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey Vernonia scabrifolia var. amplifolia O. Hoffm.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb with annual stems, simple or sparsely branches, up to 1.5 m tall, growing from a woody rootstock, crowned with hairs. Leaves obovate or narrowly oblanceolate up to 19 cm long, often mucronate at the apex, roughly pubescent on both sides, venation prominent below; margin almost entire or with widely spaced teeth. Capitula 4-21, terminal. Involucral bracts numerous, green to purplish, drying straw-coloured. Florets bright blue to purplish.
Type location:	Malawi
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Habitat:	In woodland and grassland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, Angola, D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana
FZ divisions:	N,Z,T,MS,GI
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Images last updated:	Saturday 27 September 2014
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 178 - 179. as var. superba (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 111. as var. melleri Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 29. as var. melleri Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 69. As Linzia melleri Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 34. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 90 - 92. as var. melleri and var. superba (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 39. as var. melleri Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 60. as var. melleri and var. superba Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Pages 72 - 73.

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